This FREE Sequencer Plugin is INSANE! 🤯

[@ottam]

You had me at "Buckeroonies".

[@InsaneCarville]

I subbed when he said that, still less than a minute in xD

[@johnnymorell4974]

@@InsaneCarville I subbed after reading the comment!

[@SuperJzero]

The wife recoiled in horror when she heard the "Buckeroonies"...

[@ПетърНенов-й4я]

Man, I'm listening to your voice on a studio monitors and it's annoyingly perfect and balanced

[@Samuel-ky2cq]

lol

[@mohitrahaman]

@MorbidManMusic Again Listening on an AD700x and the sibilance kills me everytime i hear commentary with compression

[@babakalokhe5994]

Shhhh...ssss..

[@PreFusah]

Sounds amazing on my phone too

[@PreFusah]

I was tripping because I thought he was miming and over layed micro phone audio cause his microphone blends into the background

[@whoozl3540]

Петьр (Peter?) nailed it! When I first listened to you voice and speech I was somewhat irritated about how professional, clear and fluent, without any “ehm’s” and “aah’s” you’re talking. And the sound of your voice as well, neither overexcited nor lame, but dark and clear and so easy to understand! Also, how you explain things - extremely pleasant and easy to follow! I’m not a native English speaker and hell yeah, I’m impressed! Needless to say that I subscribed to your channel right away! Oh, and thanks a lot for reviewing the (free!) Stochas plugin!

[@KeithOlson]

A playback plugin based on this would be *AWESOME* for game development, as it would mean games could have constantly varying soundtracks to make the player's audio experience more interesting.

[@VenusTheory]

It is open source so I suppose that's a possibility! I'm also thinking of doing a tutorial about aleatoric music using this plugin in the future which is an awesome way to create background music for games!

[@nickerson3437]

No Man's Sky has something like this. 65daysofstatic made a procedurally generated soundtrack for the games. The in game music is as limitless as the number of planets you can visit.

[@benjiusofficial]

I mean, WWise is basically this. You just have to have a million event triggers and emergent processes in your engine.

[@ELLIOT8209]

​@@VenusTheory does it do the same thing as the Euclidean Sequencer in Ableton?

[@that_gamer_jeff8295]

Can you insert your own audio to sample or is it limited to what it has

[@FellowScorpio]

This sequencer will be a fine addition to my collection

[@espenstoro]

Hello there.

[@vaishnav_mallya]

General Kenobi

[@johnanderson7663]

Lol idk y but your comment made me think of a mad scientist

[@LaymensLament]

I never thought anyone would convince me to start making bleeps but this looks just too damn fun. I'M GOING IN.

[@JediMobius]

I have that same chair! Also, thanks for the detailed edutainment, and oh my goodness this thing is really, really cool. Variation is my meat and potatoes; I hate playing (or sequencing) the same riff exactly the same way every time; it always needs more movement for me. So for there to be a [FREE!] tool that allows me to take some of the chore out of my sequencing by assisting the variation process in a simultaneously intuitive and utilitarian way is just plain amazing. Bruh.

[@dondonaudio8191]

If I owned a radio station, I‘d offer you a lot of money for being my station voice.

[@fakshen1973]

Sequencers that allow you to influence outputs rather than simply act as a playback device allow you to work more as a producer than a composer. It's a good thing when looking for inspiration. It's a virtual studio musician.

[@VenusTheory]

For sure! It's a great thing to have around to kick up some ideas or just generate some new material to chop up.

[@TebogoMotlhale]

Number 1: In Steinberg Cubase, I have been doing this from as FAR back as 17 years ago with its built-in (out of the box feature) called Step Designer. Cubase also has another separate specialized Step Designer called the Beat Designer (drum-oriented sister of the generic Step Designer). Number 2: In Cubase, we have the "Logical Editor", which from just its name alone, you can infer (guess) that we have been able to perform these types of "If this, then Do That" type of {logical or logic-driven} modifications to recorded events on the timeline and to perform these logical operations even on your "project information". So I consider this one as almost a clone of some of the built-in features of Cubase. What I love about their twist to this idea, is that they made it more graphical and thus more interactive and visual 🥰.

[@DorGreen1]

this could be WICKED for videogames sound design! create a few patterns for each game setting (like "calm moving about", "alert", "tense" etc) and let it run.

[@crystellik]

I see that, as far as a randomizer go maybe check out VCV rack, it’s free they have a discord to

[@countvondutchessofwestmoor3974]

@@crystellik big thumbs up for VCV

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

the indie game Rain World kinda does this. all its areas have a unique theme, which is usually one or two instruments and very atmospheric, but if there are enemies nearby more instruments fade in/the mix gets more energetic depending on how many are there and how close they are.

[@The_Digital_Arts_World]

3 years later and I stumble into VT’s Stochas Demo, laughing because it tickled my meat bag brain. This is a really interesting sequencer though and I think I may try it with my midi mess room stuff. Thanks, Cameron.

[@thomasnikzakrzewski4477]

I hereby declare the birth of The American Randomist Movement in music. A lot of apps these days include some kind of randomization functionality, originally designed to inject some "humanity" into highly "regular" digital electronic music, but I think we're starting to hear the creative possibilities beyond that limited use. Now, we get apps like this, dedicated to randomness as an essential dimension of the music. Fun!

[@d.a.v3danimationprod791]

Oh...yes..I agree.Without randomness vst plugins,I'd be helpless in trying to make music.😂😂

[@thomasnikzakrzewski4477]

@@nikitavychuz Really? That's what you got from my comment? It was a wordplay on "American Minimalist Movement" (Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, etc.) which was also not "American".

[@ezrabrownstein3237]

Unfortunately I think you're late to the party. Aleatoricism happened back in the 60s and was essentially what you described here. John Cage was one example.

[@thomasnikzakrzewski4477]

@@ezrabrownstein3237 Thank you! Just back from Wikipedia. Fascinating history. I am, indeed, late to the party. I've been exploring music/music production for only 5 years, since retiring, and my knowledge of music history is just beginning, but expanding thanks to conversations like these.

[@VenusTheory]

Definitely a great tool to have in the toolset! I'm really looking forward to the expansion of tools like this and especially deep learning/AI to see where that goes in the next few years. As noted in the other comments, this isn't necessarily anything 'new' but it is a really powerful thing to introduce to your setup. I'll likely be doing a tutorial on Aleatoric music soon as well as it's a trick I use quite a bit when doing background music for clients.

[@tjerja]

Wow. I'm really impressed with how you set the whole thing up and I love the way how you include the randomness is composing. Looking forward to all your next videos!

[@KozmykJ]

Your Mum looks cool Stochas - stoked An old friend took the coordinate data of a pipeline he was surveying and wrote his own sorting program to convert the data to MIDI. He used samples of sounds recorded from the pipe itself e.g. tube sections miles long with hammering and welding being performed on it. This was back in the early 90s. Ahead of his time old TJN (Thomas Jerome Newton), probably still is. We lost touch, I heard him on the radio now and then ...

[@VenusTheory]

She's pretty dope. If I said anything otherwise, she'd probably tear me in half haha.

[@oedebiri]

I thought you were talking about The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie, but I found your friends website. It was interesting.

[@KozmykJ]

@@oedebiri The video of the bird trails is fascinating isn't it? Quite an imagination ol' TJN has. thomasjeromenewton.com/filmWingb.htm

[@justspacegoatfarts]

@@KozmykJ small world ,i worked with thomas and have a print of a carousel which i am looking at while writting this only scrolled down to see comments ,brilliant

[@plazmabeatofficial]

Thank you for the video. Copying the pattern doesn't work for me. Can anyone help me with this? Instead of copying, it deletes the pattern. Thanks.

[@salesianumschool9337]

So per the demo at 8:12 he's got multiple sounds being played by Stochas. How does he pull this off? I can only get the thing to play one sound.

[@aethrya]

so glad i discovered your channel man. this is excellent. i've come to enjoy having coffee with you 58 times a day.

[@terrybreen6094]

My moms a math teacher and math sucks.... Proud moment for her right there :)

[@tonedef71]

It is good to see more videos covering the Stochas plugin. Cameron reminds me of the American voice actor, Jim Conroy (known for the TD Ameritrade commercials), just without the thick beard.

[@crado.v1]

12:15 Sounds very reminiscent of the soundtrack to the game "Machinarium" good work.

[@voidcollectivephl]

Floex rulezz

[@afreezaphorogiancossack2194]

Hey buckaroo, I haven't watched you in ages, so mice to see you again! Thanks so much, this looks great! I think the best one I have RN is the one in Pigments, which isn't free. I love Surge, been using it for years. So this is a great Christmas surprise.

[@KenSTACKS]

I guess if I wantto make it repetititve I will have to bounce it and chop it up? Cause sometimes I am imagining a situation where I hear a pattern that captures what i am looking for

[@jamisonlee9611]

Great demo. Pleasant, precise, articulate... I mean, I'm a guitar player, and even I can understand this. It's THAT well done.

[@Skyefaux]

love finding all these bitwig users on youtube. Also been looking for more algorithmic sequencing stuff.

[@Bthelick]

anyone know of a way to add more scales? really missing a diminished scale etc

[@taylorcreekstudio9604]

I was looking for something just like this a while back. I must have passed right over it on the web. Glad it's moving over to the Surge team to focus on making it even better. I'll be using it to feed live Jams in Cantabile . Thanks Cameron!

[@skinlayers]

Thank you! I've been looking for a plugin that had similar features to the Launchpad Pro MK3's sequencer. I think the only thing Stuchas doesn't cover is having a probability that the step will "mutate" into a different scale note.

[@danmaduff8919]

That final example you created with sweet patches from Pigments has to be one of the most INTERESTING things I've heard through my headphones in a long time!! Nice demo!

[@trcaggiano]

I am really surprised that there are only 30K subscribers!?! .... Well Done!! I look forward to future videos!! Update, 1 year later 133K subs

[@Ferrichrome]

This tool is waaay too useful to be free! Insane man. Thanks for providing all this info for us.

[@VenusTheory]

No problem! And for sure - it actually used to be a paid plugin but was made open source which is pretty dope.

[@StephenAntKneeBk5]

I've evaluated this for 20 minutes or less in Cubase (Pro 10) and so far it seems wonderful. I look forward to getting to know it better. It prints the MIDI and the automation of parts seems to work perfectly in Cubase. After the painless installation, I created an Instrument Track with Stochas, then routed various VST instruments to it. I created some patterns, and automated pattern selection. It just worked. I see there's many ways this can be used. It will take time to explore what can be done. Thanks for the good overview, it helped me get up and running with this quickly. P.S. Try not to tell everyone about this. ;-)

[@dr_orient4782]

...there are a whole lot of stochastic applications in music historically - for example, check out John Cage (lovely ideas but not always very good music, in my biased opinion), or even better, the paper where Mozart discusses a method of composition by rolling dice, with various phrases associated with the faces. You might also like FractMus 2000 (yes it's that old), which can be a bit quirky in response to modern-day operating systems but is quite useful and inspiring, in my experience...

[@lewiglenismusic662]

The AU and VST3 doesn't scan in Ableton, and Digital Performer on macOS 10.15. (even after reboot) Is there any work around?

[@Shadefury]

Got the same issue, unfortunately. Also using Ableton and macOS 10.15.

[@alfredog2921]

Everything is realy nice and well explained thank you very much. Your voice is so beatiful honestly! Congratulations👍👏👏👏👏.

[@iamthistime]

Thanks! Already downloaded it can't wait for weekends to play around with it!

[@VenusTheory]

Enjoy!

[@cobusprinsloo]

What is the use for the diffusion setting at the bottom left? Also, changing the output in the top middle, does not seem to change the volume of the effect at all.

[@epicdanny11]

How did you get the visual effect around 11:30?

[@VenusTheory]

All made with Davinci Resolve and the Fusion engine.

[@LB-pp7pu]

Is it possible play this sequencer live with a midi pad controller? I mean muting drum elements and changing patterns on the moment X0X style

[@omarshehata5137]

I literally can't stop listening to stochas is dopeass

[@rezganger]

kinda dumb question incoming: how do i play serum thru stochas? i get some movement on the top,its playing the notes,but i just cant get to hear it! this seems like something very obvious. yes,im a bit green...yellow-ish,really. i dont even know how the pads on my midi controller works yet. i can assign the knobs,tho! this is so cool! to make music with a computer is unreal to me.

[@worksofein6449]

This video popped up in my feed just as I was starting to look into generative music. It's super helpful and I'm playing with stochas right now!

[@nikirose7673]

Fantastic. Note probability is common in lots of sequencers/arpeggiators now, but this looks like it brings a load more fun stuff to the party as well : )

[@grateful4068]

I wonder if this can be used to turn effects on and off with probability. Thinking about midi commands makes my head hurt, but this seems like it would be amazing if that's possible.

[@cobraofearth]

great idea

[@wyerdnetworktv436]

what is that plugin that you're using at 10:56 ?? Great vid btw!

[@taejun9017]

this is an amazing tool, I think just what I was looking for to come up with those ideas that I never could, thanks so much!

[@VenusTheory]

Enjoy!

[@doflamingo85]

the lfo on the map is really a dope idea!

[@RealSmartHawk]

Question: Which microphone you're using ? and which sound card / console ?

[@VenusTheory]

Heyo! You can see a list of my setup at venustheory.com/gear

[@RussMullins]

Well, here goes my weekend... Thanks for sharing!

[@VenusTheory]

Enjoy!

[@IterViator89]

Pardon my ignorance: is there a way to program slides / glide /portamento?

[@skainix]

This is really awesome. Just installed it and after 10 minutes of screwing around I've got a cool sounding track. Thanks!

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it's useful!

[@MrFreshEnjoyer19]

How do you set it up? Tried using midi ports to no avail

[@themask8214]

What is the plugin you used to randomize the FM knob on Serum?

[@bahamu]

How do I hook stochas into other programs such as Helm? Would you be able to do a video on that?

[@hozimm1]

What Microphone do you hold in your Hands?? It looks ery fancy!!!

[@NathanLoggins]

This plug in is awesome! But I can't figure out how to record the sequencer using other plug ins because it's just shown in logic as midi info so it doesn't give the option for input monitoring..any suggestions?

[@killbotone6210]

Tried using it with Waveform DAW but it dosent recognize this vst.

[@sinesoundmukke4359]

I only could run a VST 3 but it will not work to trigger my analog Synth. Does Stochas support Ableton live 11 ?

[@youranswer42]

This is a beginner question...but I have watched several videos now and I do not know how to get this on a track...do you turn it on the whole time as an effect and automate it?

[@Xanderfied]

You had me at free.

[@ShaighJosephson]

Yup, me too... Lol... 😂

[@ferrellms]

Great music throughout

[@Jamesp1972]

Hi my Macbook Pro doesn't want to install this as thinks it might be malware. Any ideas on a get around for this? Thanks

[@dovas90]

Sunday morning, and you give me this video 🙏

[@paulmillington2577]

Regarding Surge , I don't know if you can help me , I cannot get Surge to change paths to my DAW, any ideas would be much appreciated, cheers Millsy

[@ccuny1]

Thank you for this inspiring find. Given that I don't use Bitwig, does the Reason Rack/BeatMap apply? Is there a way to use the rack in FL Studio?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! Yep, the Rack plugin is available for any DAW so you can definitely check that out to bring the Reason instruments/players/effects/etc to FL!

[@ccuny1]

@@VenusTheory Very cool. Thank you so much.

[@TheAkiller101]

I loved cthulu so I think i am gonna absolutely love this

[@dox1755]

Vibes at 8:25 were crazy 😂😂

[@OneStepToday]

Which mic is that? You should list all your gear names with links in description to avoid constant questions on them. Amazing video, great channel.

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! I do have a gear page in the description at the bottom actually haha. venustheory.com/gear Mic is an AKGC214 - Highly recommend it! Glad you enjoy the channel!

[@TonyThomas10000]

Also check out the HY Plugins sequencers. Not free (though there are scaled down free versions), but ridiculously diverse and powerful.

[@lisotunali3807]

This would be amazing for psytrance leads, will try this later.

[@SALEENS7GTR5]

Or kick grooves. Screw 4onthefloor, we're living in 4%Chanceofplayingonthe2nd16thnoteofthe3rdmeasure now

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

How do we make stochas trigger another instrument like you did with Serum? Or receive triggers like you did with Reason?

[@focusnfight]

I've downloaded it twice but Ableton won't find it? I did plugin rescan but still doesn't find it...is that possible?

[@CoolJacketCoder]

It would nice if, once you create your pattern, it changed key as you play chords in the keyboard.

[@djba]

That’s the feature thatI am looking for too.

[@boniface2149]

Studio one has this as pattern mode, studio one my DAW my dream! 🔥

[@VenusTheory]

I've heard some really good things about Studio One - one of these days I need to sit down and give it a go. The last time I used it was quite a while ago and it seems to have grown significantly which is awesome.

[@boniface2149]

@@VenusTheory I think you should check it out, they have pretty good stuff going under the hood, ever since I discovered the DAW, I have been having a lot of fun and never want to look back.

[@dvak_dj]

Just get Ableton Live 10

[@sawyerthereal]

Studio one 5 pro for me. I absolutely love the workflow. With that and Maschine and I'm A-okay!!

[@lyckstolp]

How do I set Stochas up in Mixcraft? I've managed to locate the plugin (it gets automatically added as an Instrument Track if you install it to the VST3 path), but I can't for the life of me make it work despite changing to the correct MIDI output. Recording/arming the track(s) do nothing either, and when I try to record nothing happens even though I've put in some notes in Stochas.

[@davidmdyer838]

Can you set the measures to different lengths, like 5 or 7? Can you change the overall length of the sequence to something other than 16? It seems like all software is built for four-beat, four-measure pop music. I know that's what a lot of people do, but it would be nice if there were more options. I don't think I would be interested in this unless I could change the measure lengths and increase the 16-beat length.

[@yoshimotomi6677]

Yes. You can

[@OldAlley]

That all sounds great and love the video, but where is the download (mac)? I get redirected to Surge's website and that website seems to be down

[@lucveermeer7927]

this is a really awesome plugin but i cant seem to find glide. does it have it?

[@1972myc]

Thanks man today I just downloaded and installed Surge. I am very impressed by it and love it. Thanks to your informative videos I am also going to be able to download plugins to use with it. Thank you for such great video of man! Plus I just Subscribed to your channel!

[@mitchellborne7428]

Hellz yes. Been looking for a more in depth sequencer with random/probability stuff. I have been using the Models Random Sequencer JS plug in Reaper, this will be a nice change/upgrade.

[@unfa00]

I'm really glad to see you cover and distinguish open-source software. Freeware is nice, but open-source is so much more than that. Cheers!

[@windowsrefund]

You're actually talking about Free Software.

[@unfa00]

​@@windowsrefund I am actually talking about Free and Open-Source Software also known as Libre Software as opposed to Proprietary Software.

[@windowsrefund]

@@unfa00 No, there is no such thing as Open Source. The term was created as a trojan horse in order to trick people into using Free Software without understanding or caring about Freedoms 0-3.

[@fretnoize]

This seems so cool, I haven't seen anyone else talk about this and I guess I missed this video, it just showed up in suggestions now, looking forward to diving in!

[@EvilDragon666]

Damn what a speaking voice. Could totally do radio!

[@adamsmith7058]

Is that Evil Dragon?

[@EvilDragon666]

@@adamsmith7058 Yes it is :)

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

You LEGIT just BROKE my brain... again. ...THANK YOU!

[@tshenolomotlhala7667]

Top notch presentation skills. Absolutely the best...

[@homenick93]

Close you’re eyes and it sounds like Anthony Fantano explaining how to make beats.

[@bobrobertsNotUrBob]

I always think howard stern mixed with the one guy from the simpsons

[@delight8888]

Hi How do i connect it to Ableton Live Please.....

[@willievaughn6474]

You rock my friend, thank you. Great personality with the awesome, you deserve a daytime show. Thank you have a blessed day

[@sooesoss6063]

How do you make play along with the other midi instrument

[@sgperformer]

Unfortunately surge crashes my presonus studio-one DAW.

[@toe7182]

what i said: Hi Venus Theory, thank you for spreading awareness on this topic! Your video is really attention grabbing and states the crucial facts and figures. I really appreciate how passionate you are on your topic! what i wanted to say: dude this thing is bonkers!

[@VenusTheory]

Ayyyyyyy glad you enjoyed the video! And for sure, definitely check it out!

[@johnsavold]

Basics: How do you set the sound source for the sequencer?

[@caldissima6100]

add it as another effect on the same track. Stochas comes first, then the instrument/noisy thing

[@seangarland]

THIS. IS. AWESOME! Thanks for sharing this, I'd never heard of it, but will absolutely abuse it.

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you found a new toy! This is definitely tons of fun to noodle around with!

[@tonyduncan4416]

Is there a drag and drop feature? So after I put in everything I want can I drop it into my daw, and not have to run the plug-in after I’ve got something I like?

[@VenusTheory]

You can actually record the output in your DAW! You should be able to route the output to a MIDI/instrument channel in your DAW and save it that way.

[@tonyduncan4416]

@@VenusTheory brilliant. Thank you sir! Loving your channel btw!

[@mdmartinme]

9:32 release this as a sample or something, its beautiful

[@VenusTheory]

I have my 'Luna' pack on my site which might be up your alley! I've also got a few tutorials on making similar stuff!

[@mixchief]

What does the Record button do exactly?

[@watchaddicts1213]

You probably when people comment on a video that YEARS OLD. I'm always late... I wondered, having just watched your video, wherein you were applying the Fugue Machine '/Decent Sampler to the DAW.--NICE video. Anyway, I don't use Bigwig, but rather Cubase 11. I don't find the Multiple OPERATOIRS, effecting probability and the reverse and etc functions...and whatnot. My question: Could I use STOCHAS to accomplish what you were doing in the Fugue Machine video? Thanks. Mark. PS Sounds like, starting with Stovhas' EIGHT tracks (and listening to your rundown of FUNCTIONS included) that Stochas might be the Fugue Video on ACID.

[@JesseJuup]

Dear fellow musicians! Have a look at Five12 Numerology. It costs some, but it is I the most powerful sequencer in existence.

[@adamsmith7058]

Numerology is pretty awesome. The only problem, (for me at least), Mac only. Used to use them back in the day, but not now. Too much money for too little computer. Architect, which is cross platform, is even more powerful still, but still kind of in development. Check out their page on KVR to see what I mean by kind of... But once any teething problems are ironed, oh boy.

[@JesseJuup]

Adam Smith True about Apple. But you can get an 2012 mac mini for $250€! Will read up on Architect, sounds interesting!

[@WildAnalog]

@@JesseJuup The solution is to buy a Mac just to use this plugin, which also costs money? No, the solution is for the developer to make it Windows compatible.

[@Raphamonn31]

Great video ! Please I don't understand: why when I install Stochas on my Mac OS, Ableton don't recognize it ? I can't have the file in my "plug-ins" in Ableton... Does anyone know ? Thanks :)

[@TruestQuest]

when i go to the official website and download the file, it downloads the installation file, then i install it and i have the .exe file, but no .dll vst file, meaning my Ableton live won't read it. any suggestions plz?

[@waffleocalypse]

Regarding the person shitting on generative music, the basic idea of your melody often isn’t important, it’s how you use it. Most people I’ve seen use generative stuff as inspiration and develop the ideas that come out themselves.